Rumsfeld's View Of War Critics

Published: August 31, 2006

If the Bush administration does not screen speeches given by cabinet members, it should start.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's smug rhetoric, directed at critics of the administration's policies in Iraq and in the war on terror, arrogantly demeans not only a good portion of Congress, but at least half of the citizens and voters of this country.

Now, not only are critics accused of being unpatriotic, but according to Secretary Rumsfeld, they also suffer from ''moral or intellectual confusion.''

Instead of educating us on why they are right, President Bush and his team are constantly telling critics that they are just plain wrong.

It must be nice to be so smart, so moral and so right, 24/7.

The slick public relations effort of a few months ago that tried to paint the president as a leader now willing to listen to ideas and suggestions from his critics was, in fact, just that -- a slick public relations effort.

This administration will not be held accountable, and there will be no acceptance of new ideas. There will be a continuation of the same tired, failed policies.